Shoe sole



Jan; 18, 1944.

R. HERRO'N SHOE SOLE Filed June 16, 1943 W, m 7 M flw ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 18, 1944 .lJNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE SHOE SOLE Robert Herron, Revere, Mass.

Application June 16, 1943, Serial No. 490,971

Claims.

This invention relates to shoe soles and particularly to a composite shoe sole designed for use in that class of shoes usually identified as play shoes.

An object of the invention is to provide a light weight durable shoe sole which can be formed of relatively inexpensive materials, other than leather, and particularly from woven, braided, corded or otherwise fabricated cotton or other textile materials properly secured together as by stitching.

1 One embodiment of a shoe sole in accordance with my invention is shown in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Fig 1 is a perspective bottom view of my shoe sole, indicating diagrammatically in dot and dash lines its assembled relation with a shoe;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional detail of the shoe sole bottom up; and

Fig. 3 is a detail bottom plan of a portion of the sole with certain parts broken away to indicate the construction.

The insole 2 may be of unwoven material, such as felted jute. The outsole 4 may be of coarse woven multi-end cotton string canvas of a type similar to that used in the'manufacture of heavy woven tubular hosing. The edging consists of three cords 6, l4 and Ill.

The cord 6 extends around the edge of the insole and outsole and lies substantially in the plane between them. The cord is stitched to both the insole 2 and the outsole 4 by a through and through zig-zag stitching 8, which not only secures the cord 6 to the soles 2 and 4 but also secures those soles together.

The cord Ill extends around the outsole 4 adjacent the edge thereof and lies on the bottom urface of the outsole. Stitching l2 secures the cord ID, the outsole 4 and the insole 2 together.

The third cord 14 lies in the angle between and contacting the cords 6 and Ill and extends around the outsole 4. Cord I4, as shown, is stitched to the cord 6 by stitching [6.

The soles and the cords may be secured in assembled relation by other sorts of stitching or by other equivalent means.

A shoe sole thus constructed provides a simplified construction wherein the raw edges of the insole 2 and outsole 4 are wholly concealed by the edging, formed by the cords 6, l0 and I4, so that these edges of the soles are prevented from ravelling and are protected from wear by the edging. The stitching reinforces the raw and unselvaged edges of the insole and outsole.

The materials, the soles and the cords, are relatively inexpensive but, when combined to make a shoe sole, produce a play shoe sole of light weight and substantial durability.

I claim:

1. A shoe sole comprising an outsole and an edging for the outsole comprising independent cords extending along the perimeter of said outsole, one of said strands lying substantially in the plane of said outsole, another of said strands lying on the exterior surface of said outsole adjacent the edge thereof, and a. third strand extending between and contacting said other two strands.

2. A shoe sole comprising an outsole and an edging for the outsole comprising independent cords extending along the perimeter of said outsole, one of said strands lying substantially in the plane of said outsole, another of said strands lying on the exterior surface of said outsole adjacent the edge thereof, and a third strand extending between and contacting said other two adjacent the edge thereof and being stitched by through and through stitching to said outsole and insole, and a third strand extending between said other two strands and being stitched to one of said other strands.

4. A shoe sole comprising an insole of unwoven felted material, an outsole of woven fabric, and an edging formed of three independent cotton cords, one of said cords extending along the edges of said insole and outsole and lying sub stantially within their plane, another of said strands lying on the exterior surface of said outsole and extending along the outsole adjacent the edge thereof, and the third strand extending along the edge of said soles between and contacting said other two strands, each of said strands being held in assembled relation relative to said insole and outsole by a line of stitching.

5. A shoe sole comprising an insole of unwoven felted material and an outsole of woven cotton fabric assembled in face to face relation, and an edging formed of three independent cotton cords extending substantially around the periphery of said insole and outsole, one of said strands lying substantially in the plane of said insole and outsole, another of said strands lying on the exterior surface of said outsole and extending along the outsole adjacent the edge thereof, and the third strand extending along the edge of said soles between and contacting said other two strands, each of said strands being held in assembled relation relative to said insole and outsole by lines of stitching.

ROBERT HERRON- 

